Supporters hold Taliban flags and shout “Long live independence”
The Taliban, which took control of Afghanistan a year ago, declared the 15th as a public holiday to commemorate the first anniversary of their re-establishment.
According to Afghan media such as Tolonews and foreign media, the Afghan government announced in a statement the previous day, “The 15th is the one-year anniversary of the victory of Afghan jihad against the American occupation.” stated to be specified.
“This is the victory of truth over lies and a day of salvation and freedom in Afghanistan,” Taliban spokesman Zabihula Mujahid said in a statement.
After entering the Afghan capital of Kabul on August 15 last year, the Taliban received a promise from the Afghan government to hand over power.
To commemorate the one-year anniversary of the Taliban’s re-election, Taliban supporters hung a white flag symbolizing the Taliban on the street lamps on the way from the capital Kabul to the airport and on the city center, Massoud Square.
Massoud Square is near the closed US embassy.
Also, some supporters gathered in the square and shouted “Long live the independence, Long live the Islamic Emirates (Taliban government name)”, while others opened fire at the sky.
However, the Taliban government did not hold any special events to commemorate the day.
Taliban supporters welcome the Taliban’s return to power, but the past year has seen Afghanistan’s worst.
Most of the foreign aid, the main source of income for the Afghan government, has been cut off, and the former Afghan government’s foreign assets worth more than $9 billion (about 11.7 trillion won) have also been frozen.
Afghanistan’s economy is deteriorating due to natural disasters such as drought and earthquakes.
According to local Afghan media, about 400 private schools in Afghanistan have closed over the past year due to economic difficulties.
In addition, according to the United Nations, 23 million (58%) of Afghanistan’s 40 million people are facing ‘extreme hunger’.
Human rights issues are also serious.
In particular, women’s rights are the worst.
Women are no longer able to travel long distances without a male guardian, and it is also mandatory to wear clothes that cover their faces.
It has promised several times to allow all middle and high school girls to go to school, but it has not been kept.
On the 13th, warning shots were fired to disperse a woman protesting.
/yunhap news